Children and young adults with kidney failure due to sickle cell disease wait nearly two times longer for a kidney transplant Despite advancements in sickle cell treatment, the technology remains uncertain due to its high cost. Sickle cell Anemia patients with poorer dental health have more abundant pathogenic bacteria. Researchers found that unemployment was linked to higher frequency and severity of SCD pain episodes. The apprehension of Black patients could link to the effects of systemic racism and resulting inequities in health outcomes. Guidelines issued in 2014 laid out clear measures to prevent or reduce complications of SCD in children and adolescents. Adverse maternal outcomes that were examined include heart failure, blood transfusions, and hysterectomy after delivery. A study evaluated life expectancy for those living with SCD and who were insured by Medicaid, Medicare, or both. Few young people with SCD have discussions with their doctors about the effect of treatment on reproductive health. A study revealed that patients with sickle cell disease were more likely to die from ESKD despite declining ESKD deaths. Insight into how sickle cell symptoms fluctuate with changing weather could help patients manage their condition better. Exposure to corticosteroids is significantly associated with increased hospitalization for Vaso-occlusive episodes ... CRISPR gene editing technology that won scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier the 2020 Nobel Prize in ... Medical practitioners describe sickle cell as an inherited hemoglobin disorder that causes red blood cells to become ... Dr. MarkAlain Déry, MPH, discusses Lentiglobin, a gene therapy to treat Sickle Cell Disease. ... Research revealed the efficiency of the CRISPR-associated protein 9 gene editing procedure for the treatment of sickle cell. An 18-year-old Virginia Union University football player, Quandarius Wilburn, died during a preseason football practice ... Pregnant women with sickle cell trait (SCT) have an increased risk of stillbirth, according to a study published online ... Sickle cell patients experience higher rates of hospitalization for influenza and pneumonia during flu season, according ... New evidence-based guidelines to help patients and providers understand how timing and type of hematopoietic stem cell ...